This is CBS I In The World. I'm John Bashler. Mary O'Grady. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, the

America's colonist and editor for the Wall Street Journal, takes us to Naurinio. I'm

told that is the name of the palace of the president of Columbia, Gustavo Petro, recently

elected in part of the pink tide goes the story throughout the Americas, moving left

of center and Mr. Petro's credentials are excellent. He's a former terrorist and a man

who's campaigned for years as a outspoken populist. But now there's trouble in the palace, there's

trouble in his immediate circle, and there's even an audio tape of the trouble by a man named

Benadetti. Mary's here to tell the story. Mary, a very good evening to you, Gustavo Petro,

sailing along on the burst of energy from his election. And then who is Armando Benadetti

and what is he said? Good evening to you. Well, good evening, John. Armando Benadetti has

been an ally of Gustavo Petro since the time of Petro's campaign last year. And once

Petro won the presidency and was sworn in in August, Armando Benadetti was assigned to

be ambassador, Columbia ambassador to Venezuela and living in Caracas. So he is considered

an important ally for the president. But as you mentioned, he was in the news last week,

or a couple of weeks ago actually now, because he was caught on an audio tape talking to

Petro's chief of staff and basically threatening her that if he didn't get better treatment

from the president, he would expose the $3.5 million that the campaign collected and used

in the region that's along the Atlantic coast and notoriously corrupt region to win the

election. He was angry, he is angry apparently, because he thinks he should have a higher

ranking job in the government. He was kind of tired of sitting in Caracas and he saw

lots of other people passing him by, getting ministerial jobs and so forth. So he unloaded

on Laura Saravia, who is Petro's chief of staff in Boatta. And that's the tape we have.

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